Ray:
>To those who rail against this continuining process of neoteny I
>reccomend Paul Shepard's (also a falconer)"The Tender Carnivore and The
>Sacred Game" (Charles Scribner and Sons,New York,1973).

I have heard the book is great--yet another out-of-print wonder which I
probably won't ever purchase...

You still haven't responded specifically to Todd's idea that lactose
tolerance is also an example of neoteny--or did I miss it?

Also, what difference does it make whether we are or aren't direct
decendents of Neanderthals or CroMagnon? I can't see that any of the basic
tenets of your book would be negated if it were called CroMagnonThin. What
am I missing?

Cheers,
Kirt

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